MANSEHRA, Oct 30: The local chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami has been reorganised as part of preparations for the coming local government elections in the district.

“We have elected amirs of eight zones and 60 union councils in the district through secret ballets for two years term and the newly elected office-bearers would revitalise and mobilise the party at the grass root level to win the local bodies elections,” said Younus Khattak, JI district amir, while speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday.

Other party leaders, including Dr Tariq Sherazi, Bukhtiar Khan and Dr Mohammad Siddique were also in attendance.

Mr Khattak said his party was likely to forge alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for the local bodies election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said Mohammad Ismail was elected amir (zonal head) of Mansehra city, Qari Mohammad Fiaz for Gari Habibullah zone, Mukhtiar Rehman for Khawari, Ihtsahamul Haq Qurashi for PK-53, Dr Ali Asghar Shah for PK-55, Syed Yousuf Shah for PK 56, Abdul Latif for Oghi Agror and Qari Ashraf for PK-57.

He said that the party elected Dr Tariq Sherazi and Dr Siddique as deputy general secretaries to strengthen the party in the district.

PROFITEERS FINED: The district administration on Wednesday fined scores of shopkeepers for fleecing consumers.

Mansehra assistant commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan raided shops at Abbottabad and Kashmir roads and imposed Rs32,500 fine on 16 shopkeepers. Dr Qasim warned shopkeepers of action if they didn’t ensure display of price lists at their outlets and selling quality goods.

He also constituted different committees to review and fix rates of barbers, tailors and photocopiers.

WOMAN’S MURDER: The police have yet to solve the mystery shrouding the killing of a newlywed woman as her in-laws are tightlipped regarding who was behind the murder.

Body of Akhtar Bibi with bullet marks was found from a deserted place in Battagram on Tuesday night, but the father and father-in-law of the victim are tightlipped about the murder,” said Mohammad Mussadiq, head of the investigation team of Battagram police.

He said Akhtar Bibi was married off with the son of Noor Khan some two months ago. He said that though Noor Khan had registered FIR with police stating that his daughter-in-law had gone missing last week, but he had not nominated any accused in the case.